Hello, My snappie 21 has a Honda Marine BF6B 4-stroke engine in a Well, ie hard to get out and so stuck out on the tide away from help. The previous owner said he had problems with it and it needed a service, we had a full (and expensive) service on it while still on land. Come launch date it would not start, fortunately the previous owner had arranged a tow(mm..) to the moorings. After advice I have sprayed Engine Start (have just read this is terrible stuff) into the air filter nozzle at the side and having tried over many hours pulling that cord it has started 3 times, once enough for a pootle about, a second occasion after so many tries the tide was on its way out so we had to switch it off and go home, the third time it would only start briefly then died and wouldn't budge again.
The kind person who had said about the Engine Start had checked fuel was getting through, also is a spark from spark plugs. Fuel has fresh added (sometimes I poured some out) every couple of weeks so its not stale. Also I spray everywhere with WD40.
TKP said something about Carb Cleaner, I should squirt some in tube at back and pull cord for half an hour. but there appear to be several tubes at the back. (This gentleman is off successfully sailing, or sees me coming, anyhow I have not seen him again to ask)
Does anyone have any advice about this carb cleaner, any other advice, (apart from chuck it in the sea and get sails up, that may be next) and someone said there is something you can add to the fuel to clean the carbs? I suppose this is all useful, I've already learnt more than I ever wanted to know about the engine.
Any advice welcome,
Jan
The kind person who had said about the Engine Start had checked fuel was getting through, also is a spark from spark plugs. Fuel has fresh added (sometimes I poured some out) every couple of weeks so its not stale. Also I spray everywhere with WD40.
TKP said something about Carb Cleaner, I should squirt some in tube at back and pull cord for half an hour. but there appear to be several tubes at the back. (This gentleman is off successfully sailing, or sees me coming, anyhow I have not seen him again to ask)
Does anyone have any advice about this carb cleaner, any other advice, (apart from chuck it in the sea and get sails up, that may be next) and someone said there is something you can add to the fuel to clean the carbs? I suppose this is all useful, I've already learnt more than I ever wanted to know about the engine.
Any advice welcome,
Jan